Enhancing Emotion Regulation During Driving in OEF/OIF Veterans

Abstract

The proposed project aims to develop and test an intensive rehabilitative technology aimed at enhancing emotion regulation and reducing operator-related risk during civilian driving in OEF/OIF returnees burdened by severe driving-related distress and disability. This in-car technology will have two main components. The first is a system for measuring driving behavior (accelerator and steering wheel movements, lateral and longitudinal vehicle accelerations), visual attentional control, and autonomic arousal during actual driving. The second is a cognitive-behavioral intervention combining breathing retraining/heart rate variability biofeedback and cognitive reappraisal. Both components are compatible with on-road driving assessments currently performed by driving rehabilitation specialists at our VA Health Care System on neurologically intact patients and those with mild-to-moderate non-focal traumatic brain injury.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2013
Accession Number
ADA579925

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  • Steven H Woodward

Organizations

  • Palo Alto Veterans Institute for Research

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  • Biomedical

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  • Abstracts
  • Biomedical Research
  • Brain Injuries
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Data Integration
  • Department Of Defense
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Heart Rate
  • Instructions
  • Measurement
  • Regulations
  • Rehabilitation
  • Simulators
  • Smartphones
  • Standards

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  • Psychological Intervention/Treatment for Stress, Anxiety, PTSD, and Related Emotional and Cognitive Health Symptoms.